(C#) Compress a String and Save as a Gzip File

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressStringToFile method to compress a string and write the result directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

The input string is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). The resulting bytes are then compressed using the Gzip format, and the compressed output is written directly to the specified file.

This method is convenient when you want to generate a compressed file from in-memory text without needing intermediate objects such as BinData or StringBuilder.

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bool success = false;

// This example demonstrates how to compress a string and save the result
// directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

Chilkat.Gzip gzip = new Chilkat.Gzip();

// The string to be compressed:
string inputStr = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

// Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
success = gzip.CompressStringToFile(inputStr,"utf-8","output.gz");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Compression successful.");
Debug.WriteLine("Gzip file written to output.gz");